Ships & Modules

My first quick thought is:
Will a Brutix do more, for less?
More mids
More DPS (I think)
More tank
Drones

Before you take out such an expensive piece of hardware, might I suggest using a [relatively] cheaper option?

[Exequror Navy Issue, Armor Railguns]
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Damage Control II
Imperial Navy Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane
800mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I

Small Capacitor Booster II, Navy Cap Booster 400
Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I
Republic Fleet Warp Disruptor
Federation Navy Stasis Webifier

200mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
200mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
200mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
200mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
200mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M

Medium Ancillary Current Router II
Medium Anti-Explosive Pump II
Medium Hybrid Locus Coordinator I

Warrior II x5

Stats (with level 5 skills):
- moves ~1900 m/sec
- deals ~690 dps @ ~16km + 13km falloff (~610 dps without drones) (~355 dps @ ~56km + 13km falloff without drones using T2 Spike ammo)
- has ~25,000 effective hitpoints
- capacitor power lasts ~ 1.36 minutes without using the cap booster



Or... you can use my personal favorite!

[Exequror Navy Issue, HeroGanker]

Damage Control II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Nanofiber Internal Structure II
Tracking Enhancer II
Tracking Enhancer II

Large F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction
Small Capacitor Booster II, Cap Booster 400
Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I
Warp Disruptor II

200mm Railgun II, Antimatter Charge M
200mm Railgun II, Antimatter Charge M
200mm Railgun II, Antimatter Charge M
200mm Railgun II, Antimatter Charge M
200mm Railgun II, Antimatter Charge M

Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I

Warrior II x5


Stats (with level 5 skills):
- moves ~2300 m/sec
- deals ~550 dps @ ~16km + 18km falloff (~470 dps without drones) (~315 dps @ ~58km + 18km falloff without drones using T2 Spike ammo)
- has ~22,000 effective hitpoints
- capacitor power lasts ~ 1.31 minutes without using the cap booster

Basically you stay as far out of range as possible with this beast and pick things off that come towards you.


edit: Fixed the armor fit (I was wondering why the dps was so lackluster). And remember kids; don't drink and EFT warrior!!

How does it handle frigs? Srs question.

No, they are Heat Sink II's :P
Prolly ment to be magstabs though.

This is pretty much spot on. The Deimos is a far more effective rail boat for small gang usage (because in a T3 fleet, who uses medium rails?). Also, if you have ISK to burn, then the Deimos can do some pretty awesome stuff. Here's the fit I use for small gang:

Deimos - Need Moar Tracking

Damage Control II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Shadow Serpentis Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane
Shadow Serpentis Armor Explosive Hardener
Medium Ancillary Armor Repairer

Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I
True Sansha Warp Disruptor
Federation Navy Stasis Webifier
Medium Capacitor Booster II

250mm Railgun II
250mm Railgun II
250mm Railgun II
250mm Railgun II
250mm Railgun II

Medium Ancillary Current Router I
Medium Hybrid Locus Coordinator II

Warrior II x5
Hornet EC-300 x5

See? This is useful, constructive advice. I already have a Proteus, money is spent, I'm just working on an alternate fit to serve a slightly different purpose, which is why tailorable Strategic Cruisers exist. Saying "fly something else" is pretty ignorant.

Thanks for that, Dash. I have the friction-extension sub and a scram currently loaded in Brawler mode. I should have specified that the intended role for this fit is to deal with an enemy that likes to field 5-6 HACs + ewar at once, in which case the sensor strength bonus was attractive. It's a hard choice against the long-scram bonus, though, which is why I thought of discus it here.

250mm railguns have garbage tracking, so never go for any other subsystem than the dissonic thingamajig one. You need that 37.5% tracking bonus. Hell I'd even suggest going 2 magstabs and a TE instead of 3 magstabs.

I'd go for the point range sub too, I don't think ECM is prevalent enough (I see way more damps and TDs than ECM, but ofc ymmv) to make you need the added sensor strength and it's not like you'll be fighting at ranges where you need the added lock range either. Friction Extension is way more versatile. An alternate solution would be to just use a set of LG talons, that's like a 50m expenditure.

Drop the CCC as that other person mentioned. It doesn't help you against neuts and whatever cap instability you have without it can be fixed by micromanaging your modules a little.

If you plan to fly that with armor links, don't use two EANMs, they get a heavier stacking penalty with the resists ganglink - single eanm with passive explosive hardener and a trimark will give you better results. If you don't plan to fly that with armor links, then whatevs!

If you like your experience with that, try out the Legion equivalent with beams sometime. It's pretty awesome too.

You've just proven that you have no idea what you are talking about. That fit is a tried and true small gang kiting Deimos. You are supposed to stay at ~30km and wreck your opponents with antimatter or uranium. That fit has a tremendous tank, moreso than the ever-popular Kovorix style Nomen. I suggest you educate yourself on the current meta before bashing someone's post, because you are wrong in every sense.

Edit:
To please your stubborn mind, however, I have come up with an armor rail Proteus for you.

Proteus - Brick Shark

Imperial Navy Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane
Imperial Navy Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane
Corelum C-Type Energized Explosive Membrane
Shadow Serpentis Magnetic Field Stabilizer
Shadow Serpentis Magnetic Field Stabilizer
Shadow Serpentis Magnetic Field Stabilizer
1600mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I

Corelum C-Type 10MN Microwarpdrive
Republic Fleet Warp Disruptor
Federation Navy Stasis Webifier

250mm Railgun II
250mm Railgun II
250mm Railgun II
250mm Railgun II
250mm Railgun II
250mm Railgun II

Medium Trimark Armor Pump II
Medium Trimark Armor Pump II
Medium Trimark Armor Pump II

Proteus Defensive - Augmented Plating
Proteus Offensive - Dissonic Encoding Platform
Proteus Electronics - Friction Extension Processor
Proteus Engineering - Power Core Multiplier
Proteus Propulsion - Localized Injectors

Now before you go crying "waaaah no DCU" take a look at the armor resistance difference when using a DCU II, or a 2nd Imperial Navy EANM. The 2nd EANM gives superior resists to your armor, where your tank is. If you have qualms with the pimp, get implants, because all of that is needed for fitting purposes. The end-result of that fit is a 736dps monster with 135k EHP tank.

Btw you don't use DCU II with Proteus Defensive - Augmented Plating when u have 2-3 damage mods because even with stacking penalty you get better tank with another EANM or explosive hardener (if you have 2 eanms already). Never use rig slot for resist specific rig (its min/max math problem).

So you are bashing the Deimos for being an expensive KM and horrible at killing stuff, while your own proteus suffers from the exact same things, but only worse? And then calls it a KM whoring ship while your proteus will not work witout any support. Lol, just lol.

The railgun deimos is great for solo and smallgang pvp. So dont bash it just because you don't understand nanoing.

Now I do think that Liam misunderstood you so his suggestion will not serve what you are looking for. His fit is great for smallgang pvp, but what you were looking for were a fit for t3 blobs with logi support.

But to come with some suggestions:

Since you will be in a fleet with loki support, you probably dont need the web. If stuff it close enough for you to web it you can't track it properly anyways so you will rely on other to do the webbing for you. So you can replace the web with a cap booster to counter neuts or a tracking computer to increase tracking / range.

If you are going to use it for lowsec you can switch to an AB if the entire fleet goes AHAC style instead. It makes it even harder to kill your t3s as it will be harder to apply dps to them.

And don't forget to plug that explosive resisthole.

Edit: look up the killboads some of the lowsec pirate alliances such as Suddenly Spaceships or Shadow Cartel. They use AB rail proteus for their t3 fleets.